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The stability of an inhomogeneous anisotropic plasma flowing along a straight magnetic field has been investigated. Both the flow velocity and the plasma density are spatially varying in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field. The stability of an interface between an inhomogeneous anisotropic plasma flowing along the magnetic field and the non-conducting compressible gas of uniform density flowing parallel to the interface has also been discussed. The effect of gyroviscosity and inhomogeneity on the Kelvin-Helmholtz shear instability has been discussed in certain limiting situations.
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Srivastava, K.M., Vyas, D.N. Parallel velocity shear instabilities in an inhomogeneous plasma. Astrophys Space Sci 62, 353–366 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645475
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